It was a wild show today as we try and forge ahead without the ability to use Olympic highlights. Steve Doocy was invaluable on “FOX & Friends First” with his erasable board totals. So many news centers are focusing on who wins the medals. Why not focus on who isn’t? …
Read More »Implantable Lens May Save Vision in Children's Lazy Eyes
Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin — a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye. The California girl last week became one of a small number of U.S. children to try an experimental surgery to prevent virtual blindness …
Read More »Roadside Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday by a roadside bomb, the U.S. command said in a statement. The military said the two soldiers, whose identities were withheld pending notification of next of kin, were killed at about 8 p.m. in east Baghdad. CountryWatch: Iraq The statement said …
Read More »'Da Vinci Code' Train Seeks World Record
LONDON – Tom Hanks and other stars of “The Da Vinci Code” have set off for the Cannes Film Festival — where the movie will premiere Wednesday — on a high-speed train. The Eurostar train, named The Da Vinci Code, was in pursuit of a world record. Going nonstop over …
Read More »Bin Laden: Moussaoui Wasn't Sept. 11 Conspirator
Zacarias Moussaoui had no link to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a voice purporting to be that of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden said on an audiotape that surfaced on a Web Site Tuesday. The SITE Institute Web Site reportedly has a five-minute long recording in Arabic that has …
Read More »85-Year-Old Nude Dude Isn't Afraid to Bare All at School
It may sound like a nightmare, but the question is, for whom? Stuart Taylor, arms extended in a warrior-like stance, is naked as the day he was born in front of a room full of strangers. His nightmare? Hardly. He was born 85 years ago. ”It’s hard work to stand …
Read More »White House Elm Tree Falls After Downpours
WASHINGTON – A large elm tree fell on the White House grounds overnight, partially blocking a roadway after a weekend of heavy rains soaked the Mid-Atlantic region. Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry said early Monday that the tree did not damage the White House and no injuries were reported. Click …
Read More »Analysts: Dell Likely to Use AMD Chips in Desktop PCs
SAN FRANCISCO – Dell Inc. (DELL), the world’s largest personal computer maker, is expected to offer a desktop PC using a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.(AMD) in September, Citigroup Inc. (C) analysts said on Tuesday. Citigroup analyst Glen Yeung told Reuters that he and colleagues were basing this on …
Read More »New Zealand: Sept. 11 Attacker's Roommate Sneaked Into Our Country
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A former roommate in the United States of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers deceived New Zealand authorities when he used an alias to enter the country, Prime Minister Helen Clark said Monday. The government announced over the weekend that Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali, a Yemeni, …
Read More »Rumsfeld Likens Chavez's Rise to Hitler
CARACAS, Venezuela – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Adolf Hitler, reflecting continuing tension in relations between the United States and the Latin American government. Rumsfeld, asked during a National Press Club appearance Thursday about indications of a deteriorating general relationship between Washington and parts …
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